Magnitude
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The main problem is that a shift of this
magnitude
risks undermining hard-won central bank credibility; after all, central banks have been promising to deliver 2% inflation for a couple of decades now, and that level is deeply embedded in long-term financial contracts.
No nuclear reactors are designed to withstand an earthquake of
magnitude
8.0.
The Age of VulnerabilityNEW YORK – Two new studies show, once again, the
magnitude
of the inequality problem plaguing the United States.
But Barak skipped a cruelly candid paragraph in Dayan’s speech that evoked the imposing
magnitude
of the Palestinian plight: “Let us not cast the blame on the murderers today….For eight years, they have been sitting in the refugee camps in Gaza, and before their eyes we have been transforming the lands and the villages where they and their fathers dwelt into our estate.
More broadly, Trump must avoid triumphalism, and acknowledge, with uncharacteristic humility, the
magnitude
of the challenge ahead.
To be sure, the recovery was not expected to be smooth: historically, cleaning up after a financial crisis of this
magnitude
takes a long time, especially given high debt burdens, extended joblessness, and damaged banking systems.
Yet, after the crash, the Obama administration had little stomach for the medicine that former President Franklin D. Roosevelt had prescribed to address problems of such
magnitude.
The North Korean bomb, estimated at four kilotons, does not come anywhere near the
magnitude
of the atomic bombs of 15-21 kilotons that America dropped on Japan 64 years ago.
Climate experts have long argued that the frequency and
magnitude
of such events are increasing, and evidence of this should certainly influence precautionary steps – and cause us to review such measures regularly.
The Board actually predicted that its proposals would turn Puerto Rico’s recession into a depression of a
magnitude
seldom seen anywhere: a 16.2% decline in GNP in the next fiscal year (and a further decline the year after), which is comparable to the experience of countries undergoing civil wars, or that of crisis-ridden Venezuela.
Initial restructuring agreements tend to fall short of the
magnitude
needed to achieve debt sustainability.
We do not underestimate the
magnitude
of the reforms that Europe has achieved in recent years.
But the
magnitude
of the challenges confronting Europe implies an urgent need for far more decisive reforms.
On the financial side, however, the
magnitude
of the chaos is staggering: mammoth failures of risk management on the part of highly leveraged financial institutions that must be first-rate risk managers in order to survive.
Asymmetry of this
magnitude
requires a significant adjustment of relative prices.
That is orders of
magnitude
above the level at which financial crises normally occur.
It speaks to ten-year default probabilities of less than one in 500,000; notes that even if the analysis is off by an order of magnitude, any risks to government are very modest; and appeals to the regulatory system in place at the time to minimize that their model missed risks.
The Trouble With Financial BubblesLONDON – Very soon after the
magnitude
of the 2008 financial crisis became clear, a lively debate began about whether central banks and regulators could – and should – have done more to head it off.
A direct cost of this
magnitude
amounts to less than 0.5% of Russia’s GDP.
Indeed, despite the
magnitude
of the initial shock, capital flows and risk margins had essentially normalized by 2009, when bond financing in Latin America began to surge, soon reaching triple the pre-2008 average.
The success of the rescue is far from assured, in view of the
magnitude
of belt-tightening that it calls for and the hostility that it has aroused on the part of Greek workers.
While an increase of this
magnitude
would be plausible if a forecaster had previously expected tax rates to increase in 2011, it would not have been reasonable to forecast 2.5% growth in the first place with that assumption in mind.
But, as requirements for registering clinical trials have become more stringent, its
magnitude
has become quantifiable: the results of at least half of the clinical trials involving patients and healthy volunteers remain unpublished years after completion.
Changing weather patterns and the increasing
magnitude
and frequency of extreme weather events will require substantial investments if farmers are to adapt successfully.
If fashioning such a path sounds difficult, it is indicative of the
magnitude
of the challenge these politicians face.
Nor, after Japan’s Fukushima disaster, are Germans irresponsible to reject nuclear power – which is unlike all other energy sources and represents a risk of a far mightier
magnitude
– with renewed vigor.
Most commentators expected a substantial difference in per capita growth to continue beyond this decade, disagreeing only about the
magnitude
of the emerging countries’ growth advantage.
But such measures are either difficult to implement or only moderately effective in view of the
magnitude
of the challenges.
It is nonetheless a horrendous total – similar in
magnitude
to the Nazis’ killings (which took place during a shorter period).
Economic adjustments of this
magnitude
are always painful, but the economic pain is greater today because the winners are less prone to spend.
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